Jackets fitted with motorized fans have become popular with laborers during Japan's sweltering summer months, but at one workwear store in Tokyo, it is foreign visitors who are driving sales.Staff at Bic Uniform in the capital's Ueno district say about 70 percent of customers have come from overseas since around June last year, with a line often forming when the store opens. The jackets are one of the most sought-after items.Inflating as they circulate cool air around the wearer's body, such jackets first went on the market in Japan in 2004, produced by a Tokyo maker. But they began to gain…READ FULL ARTICLE
